Binny ton puts Karnataka in control

Bangalore, 2014/Feb/10 00:40:00

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Stuart Binny powered Karnataka forward with a blistering century. He stroked an unbeaten 115 off 107 balls including 14 fours and 3 sixes. He was ably backed up by fifties from Ganesh Satish and Karun Nair.

In what was a long day out in the field for Rest of India, they lost much ground in the final session thanks to Binny's onslaught.

Resuming at 35/1, Karnataka were off to a solid start this morning with Lokesh Rahul and Satish looking assured in the middle. However, Anureet Singh struck after the pair had added another 40 runs today, to remove Rahul who perished for 35.

Manish Pandey, the next man in, then shared another useful stand with Satish as Karnataka rode on a fine 61-run partnership for the third wicket. Rest of India were put under pressure, especially by Pandey, who scored at a brisk pace before falling to Pankaj Singh for a 47-ball 36, studded with seven boundaries.

Satish, however, continued to play the anchor's role and consolidated further for Karnataka with the in-form Karun Nair at the other end, in the second session of the day.

Satish did not last too long after lunch but his strong resistance against a good Rest attack helped the Ranji champions surge ahead. Nair and Stuart Binny consolidated further and look good to build Karnataka's lead further.

The duo went on to add 187-runs for the 5th wicket in just 175 balls as ROI were made to toil hard. Pankaj Singh finally ended the rousing stand when he got Nair, chopping on just 8 short of his ton.

Binny, however, continued with his merry ways to put the hosts in a commanding position at the end of the day. Karnataka will now look to extend the lead as quickly as possible before having a go at ROI with the ball. An outright win for Karnataka beckons.